Jassey Meets Stakeholders in LRR

As
part of his tour of the Regions to familiarize himself with structures and key
players in Regional Football, Gambia Football Federation’s new General
Secretary Lamin N. Jassey and a team from the football house Saturday commenced
a three-day visit to Soma, Lower River Region where they will hold meetings
with sports stakeholders.

The
visit which is aimed to introduce the new GFF General Secretary to stakeholders
is also discussing the developments ushered in by the Lamin Kaaba Bajo-led
administration in the region.

Welcoming
the team, the region’s football association president Ansumana Sanneh
congratulated general secretary Jassey in what he called a ‘deserved’
appointment, describing him as someone with vast knowledge in football
development hence his institutional memory of the Football House as
Administrative Secretary. ‘Be rest assured of our undivided and loyal support
at all time.” He guaranteed.

“I
am aware of the array of development initiatives brought by the GFF in this
Region and I must tell you that plans are afoot to maximize the speedy
completion of the next phase of the Soma Artificial turf which will be fenced
and with pavilions”, Mr. Jassey disclosed to the stakeholders.

He
said a challenge at the Football House is a vision for the executive to meet
their aspirations in decentralizing football and sharing the resources in an
equitable manner where all the regions will squarely benefit. “This is my new
way of strategic governance which is a bottom up approach where all will be
inclusive. The dynamics in football have changed and The Gambia must live up to
best practice methods in a paradigm shift. My executive is very conscious of
this arena and is in support of our new administration.”

Stakeholders
enumerated on the structures and ways in which both male and female league
matches are administered in the region. They also put forward some salient
constraints confronting them to be tabled for GFF consideration.

“I
am really overwhelmed by what I saw and heard. In fact they have surpassed my
expectations and I must say that LRR is very special to me and the GFF because
the GFF has one of its Gold Projects here which is very key to the development
and advancement of regional football.”

Mr.
Jassey made a solemn appeal to sports stakeholders to collaborate in their
initiatives and work in tandem with the demands of football.